Presale/General Sale Discussion - Australia/New Zealand

[beli]

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[cobl04]

Im amazed at how easy this has been this time compared to Vertigo? Has demand waned? or the tickets too expensive?

you got tickets via presales of course it's been easier

Haven't had any personal experience, but from what I've read I'd say level 3 will be better than level 1 (as 1 is low & may be effected by the back-of-stage area). Although I'd say Level 2, low row numbers (there's only 11 rows I believe) would be the primo position behind the stage. Aisle 46 should be cool, Edge's side with no obstruction from a CLAW leg.

What row did you get? I believe level 3 averages 24 rows (A being the front), & have seen recommendations not to sit above row J. Also the height of the roof is 125ft above the playing surface. The height of the BONOR spire is 160ft. Looking at the cross-section of the stadium those back rows in level 3 may struggle to see the top of the spire due to the roof. No biggie, but just thought I'd mention it.

thanks heaps mate, we've got row D, seats 68 & 69, so sounds like we'll be aaaaaalright.

 

[Axver]

The U2.com presales were this piss-easy for the last Aussie/Kiwi tour too. Thanks to LN, I haven't even had to brave a general sale this time, nice.

The promoters' hype is that demand is actually UP 50%. Given they're pretty invested in positively spinning everything, that may be the "truth" instead of the truth, so you be the judge.

 

[cobl04]

this $18 fee, is that slapped on by live nation? because it does irk me that the $40 seats are actually $50.

i assume you have to pay that as well when going in the general sale...

 

[Axver]

You get slugged that fee at both presales and general sales. I've copped it for a couple of other bands recently too, Crowdies and Manics.

Yay, more fee gouging?

 

[bono_man2002]

Yep. Effectively for six shows, I've paid an extra $108 JUST in fees.

 

[cobl04]

it makes me really angry, it does. i can (sort of) understand paying $5 fees to buy the tickets from outlets, but that $18 is thievery.

 

[quadcaster]

What made these fee's worse was in the livenation presale for the 1st shows, there was a 2 ticket limit per transaction. So to buy four tickets was an extra $36. RIP OFF!

 

[cobl04]

agreed, but i think that limit was more like "please don't buy more than 2, pweety pwease" because most people i gave the link to bought more than 2.

 

[bono_man2002]

Maybe I should charge everyone I've bought tickets for a $30 holding fee

 

[Alisaura]

Maybe I should charge everyone I've bought tickets for a $30 holding fee

Oh wait, I can charge you the same thing for the Bris ticket.

 

[d.darroch]

thanks heaps mate, we've got row D, seats 68 & 69, so sounds like we'll be aaaaaalright.

cool, they'll be great

What made these fee's worse was in the livenation presale for the 1st shows, there was a 2 ticket limit per transaction. So to buy four tickets was an extra $36. RIP OFF!

Yeah, I did two transactions for a total of four $40 seats, so the fees were the price of 1 seat

agreed, but i think that limit was more like "please don't buy more than 2, pweety pwease" because most people i gave the link to bought more than 2.

For the 1st LN presale, the LN email said 2 tickets, Ticketek said 4 tickets before the sale began. The presale started with a 2 ticket limit, then the dropdown box changed to give quantities of up to 4 tickets. As I've mentioned, for the 2nd presale no ticket limit was mentioned, & the dropdown box went all the way up to a quantity of 10 tickets! I think LN was very happy if tonnes of tickets flew out the door during the presale.

Maybe I should charge everyone I've bought tickets for a $30 holding fee

 

[bono_man2002]

Oh wait, I can charge you the same thing for the Bris ticket.

I saying it more so in the case of danny, but he appears to have ran off

 

[airwalk74]

I'd say this will be a comparable view from Giants stadium, NY (thanks to Shawn Bonneau).

Sick!

Looking good Any photos of during the concert? Looking forward tp the seats as much as GA now...bargain seats

 

[cobl04]

I saying it more so in the case of danny, but he appears to have ran off

i'll buy you $18 worth of beer...

... so you'll probably get one and a half plastic cups of horse piss.

 

[bono_man2002]

i'll buy you $18 worth of beer...

... so you'll probably get one and a half plastic cups of horse piss.

ONE and a half?....you must be talking in light beer, right?

 

[Axver]

So, Melbourne II about to go on general sale ... c'mon people, buy up those tickets, we want a 3rd show!

 

[dan_smee]

Any news on how the sales are going? (Yes i understand that it is 5 minutes past 9!)

 

[stratocaster]

Any news on how the sales are going? (Yes i understand that it is 5 minutes past 9!)

I just bought 4 ga's for some friends, got them in less than 3 minutes.
Either I refreshed perfectly at 9:00 or I was just lucky. Easiest tickets to get so far, even when I had the presale codes.

Come ON for a Melbourne 3!!!! That would just top of this year for me.

 

[cobl04]

So, Melbourne II about to go on general sale ... c'mon people, buy up those tickets, we want a 3rd show!

i kind of don't in a way my friends will think i'm fucking insane...

"i'm leaving Stereo at about 8 o'clock..."
"what the fuck why?"
"i'm going to see U2?"
"you saw them Wednesday and Friday night!"
"i know and i'm going again..."

 

[dan_smee]

^ you are insane!

in a good way

 

[powervideo]

Any news on how the sales are going? (Yes i understand that it is 5 minutes past 9!)

I got online at 9.01 and got my third and fourth RZ1 for the kids. I checked back five minutes later and RZ1 all gone, but there were still RZ2. I don't think they will last.

 

[powervideo]

All Red Zone gone now. That was soooooo stressful.

 

[Axver]

Couldn't pull up a GA just now because I "exceeded the time limit"!

It only sat there searching for about 10 seconds.

 

[Axver]

There we go, 9:14 and I can still pull up a GA.

Got what I wanted in presale so I tossed it back. Obviously we can't tell how many are left to go.

 

[dan_smee]

Couldn't pull up a GA just now because I "exceeded the time limit"!

It only sat there searching for about 10 seconds.

That happened to me with Sydney 1, I had seats in Bay 105-1, which were perfect, then got shunted while entering my credit card details a full 45 seconds after selecting the tickets.

Ended up in 106-1, so praying that the diagram of the stadium isn't to scale, because it looks as though they will be partially obstructed

 

[cobl04]

are you going to Melbourne dan?

 

[powervideo]

I just rechecked at 9.15am and Adam's R2 popped up. I think people are thowing them back in to see if RZ1 appears. But either side would be good.

 

[bono_man2002]

The time limit error on ticketmaster, is how long you've been looking for tickets in total. At least Ticketek give you a countdown clock!

 

[bono_man2002]

I just rechecked at 9.15am and Adam's R2 popped up. I think people are thowing them back in to see if RZ1 appears. But either side would be good.

Not many Adam fan's out there, eh?